[JURIST] The Ethiopian Federal High Court [official website, in Amharic] on Thursday convicted three Ethiopian journalists, a political opposition leader and a politician's assistant for conspiring to commit acts of terrorism in violation of the country's Anti-Terrorism Proclamation of 2009 [text]. Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy website] and other advocacy …
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[JURIST] Chinese authorities on Wednesday sentenced a prominent rights activist to 10 years in prison, marking the third such sentence in a month. Dissident Li Tie was sentenced for subversion [BBC report]. The charges were brought in response to pro-democracy articles Li wrote in 2010. Li professed his innocence saying …
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[JURIST] A panel of Australian citizens on Thursday proposed that the country's Constitution [materials] recognize the Australian indigenous population [report materials], including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Currently, although Aborigines make up almost three percent of the Australian population, they are not mentioned in the constitution. The panel, consisting …
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[JURIST] A coalition of Middle Eastern human rights organizations on Thursday accused all parties involved in the Libya conflict [JURIST backgrounder] of human rights violations [report, PDF] and crimes against humanity. Three organizations were involved in the fact-finding mission [press release] which resulted in the report: the Arab Organisation for …
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[JURIST] A committee of the French Senate [official website, in French] voted on Wednesday to oppose a law that would outlaw genocide denial [press release], including the World War I-era killings of more than one million Armenians by Turkish soldiers. The proposed law [materials], which was approved by the French …
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